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drt

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  1. I’m in Vegas for a trade show that normally attracts 150k people from all over the globe. They just announced it is closing a day early so I’m getting an earlier flight home. I assume at this point I’ve been exposed as I’ve been here since Monday. My mom has been staying at the house to help out with the kids. I just had to tell her to be on her way back to her house before I get back from the airport. This shit sucks.
  2. So now is the time to buy? Or is that next week?
  3. I obviously don’t have any idea what you’re going through, but hang in there Wally.
  4. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/austin-homeless-man-shooting-restaurant-police-report/269-0e9b69ba-9588-4124-afc3-506da0cabc81?fbclid=IwAR3MkqvMcffGGvIML_oiVdWPeNr3BkbCwRduoCzRaWXE-TlgM0urn_hfJqw?fbclid=IwAR3MkqvMcffGGvIML_oiVdWPeNr3BkbCwRduoCzRaWXE-TlgM0urn_hfJqw
  5. Welp, first patient in Austin being tested by CDC as it fits the travel criteria, apparently the testing started Monday.
  6. It was more directed at the comments regarding healthcare finances, as i thought they had veered away from pertaining to this particular ourbreak. not scrolling back to see if you were involved.
  7. anyone watching live? I have the liveblog going and saw torriera was taken straight to an ambulance after a heavy tackle
  8. We have a big conference in Vegas in 2 weeks with around 130000 attendees from all over the globe. Will be interesting to see how this shakes out.
  9. Quoted for truth. Unless you're wearing a full ppe suit, and know how to remove it properly just stay away from people. Speaking of, I just filled the truck with gas.
  10. What are the odds our president, vp, and cabinet get tested today? Never know the answer but I'm guessing they do.
  11. They are. Problem is that human subjects vary much more than lab animals or protocols, so your results are all over the fucking place with the same treatments. Can introduce a lot of noise that actually slows down development. This is why people mentioned up thread the strategy of going after it with antivirals that are already approved in the near term while simultaneously trying to develop an effective vaccine. By the way, if you're pinning your hopes on somebody stumbling on a vaccine in some other country that doesn't have a rigorous testing and development process...you're probably going to be disappointed.
  12. We're hitting Scotland in May...supposedly. Going to see how much paying the Chase Sapphire Reserve helps us on this one. I made some noise to the wife about cancelling last night and hit a lot of static as well.
  13. Yes. Vaccine production at scale actually takes quite a bit of time, in addition to the science and shit that goes into formulating it on the front end. Regardless of what happens elsewhere in the world, the FDA isn't going to let people get injected with whatever the fuck they "think" works. It has to be proven effective and safe before they'll sign off on it, even with fast track approval. That process also takes time. For example think of the normal flu vaccines. In years where the virus mutates significantly enough to not be effective at scale; even with small mutations and therefor small variation in vaccine formula, the new version is almost never produced in time to make a dent in that year's flu. That is not from lack of trying, or tons of red tape.
  14. Again, vaccine development best case scenario is a year. That's with the stars aligning and heavens opening, and no hiccups along the way.
  15. Pretty difficult run in to the finish. We'll see, as injuries mount Arteta has less and less player options. In any case as @yoladu said, the performances have been night and day. If we don't qualify it's not for lack of trying and certainly not Arteta's fault.
  16. Players that looked fucking awful suddenly look decent to good. Coaching matters. Fuck the board for waiting as long as they did. The league campaign would have had been much more achievable if they wouldn’t have sat on their hands when the writing was on the wall.
  17. drt

    USMNT 2020

  18. I go for allergy testing next week, so I had to go cold turkey on antihistamines for 7 days prior to the appointment. Fuck me this was a bad week to do it, but is there ever a good week in central texas?
  19. drt

    Bourbon

    So this was a nice surprise to get today:
  20. #keepaustinbeautiful used to be a thing. they still have a website at https://keepaustinbeautiful.org/ but I can imagine it's more difficult to get volunteers to clean up an area being used as an encampment than when it's used as parkland or green space.
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